Salman bin Abdul Aziz

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Salman bin Abdul Aziz

Prince Salman bin Abd al-Aziz ibn Abd al-Rahman is one of the Sudairi Seven

Sudairi Seven

The Sudairy were among the oldest and most prominent tribal leaders in the Arabian peninsula, with a status akin to nobility, before the 20th century....
, a son of Ibn Saud and Hassa bint Ahmad Al-Sudairi. Born in 1936, he currently serves as the Governor

Governor

A governor is a governing official, usually the Executive of a non-sovereign level of government, ranking under the head of state. In federations, a governor may be the title of each appointed or elected politician who governs a constitutive state....
of Riyadh

Riyadh

Riyadh is the Capital of Saudi Arabia and its largest city. It is also the capital of Riyadh Province, and belongs to the historical regions of Nejd and Al-Yamama....
, a position he has held since 1962. Prince Salman is reported to arbitrate disputes among the members of the royal family

House of Saud

House of Saud is the royal family of the Saudi Arabia. The modern nation of Saudi Arabia was established in 1932, though the roots and influence for the House of Saud had been planted in the Arabian Peninsula several centuries earlier....
which, along with the governorship of Saudi Arabia's

Saudi Arabia

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, KSA , is an Arab country and the largest country of the Arabian Peninsula. It is bordered by Jordan on the northwest, Iraq on the north and northeast, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates on the east, Oman on the southeast, and Yemen on the south....
capital city, and a reputation for fairness and competence, has propelled him to be amongst the Kingdom's most powerful royals.

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Prince Salman bin Abd al-Aziz ibn Abd al-Rahman is one of the Sudairi Seven

Sudairi Seven

Governor

Riyadh

House of Saud

Saudi Arabia

Wahhabism

Wahhabi or Wahhabism is a conservative form of Sunni Islam attributed to Muhammad ibn Abd-al-Wahhab, an 18th century scholar from what is today known as Saudi Arabia, who advocated a return to the practices of the first three generations of Muslim history....
clergy's social influence which has further solidified his influence in national politics.

His unofficial other roles include: chief censor of media

Censorship

Censorship is the suppression of freedom of speech or deletion of communicative material which may be considered objectionable, harmful or sensitive, as determined by a censor....
, domestic and foreign press coming into Saudi Arabia .

Since King Fahd's stroke

Stroke

A stroke is the rapidly developing loss of brain function due to a disturbance in the blood supply to the brain. According to the National Stroke Association, a "stroke" occurs when a blood clot blocks and artery or a blood vessel breaks, interrupting blood flow to an area of the brain....
in 1995, the power struggle between then now King Abdullah

Abdullah of Saudi Arabia

* Khaled bin Abdullah* Mutaib bin Abdullah* Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah* Faisal bin Abdullah* Sultan bin Abdullah* Turki bin Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz...
-Salman-Sultan

Sultan, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia

*Khalid bin Sultan*Bandar bin Sultan*Fahad bin Sultan*Faysal bin Sultan*Salman bin Sultan*Badr bin Sultan*Muhammad bin Sultan*Fawwaz bin Sultan...
has become somewhat more open .

As the de facto head of Saudi internal intelligence network, Prince Salman's has worked closely with Interior Minister Prince Nayef and tolerates little dissent on his watch. Religious leaders based at King Saud University

King Saud University

General InformationKing Saud University is Saudi Arabia's oldest and most prestigious university, located in the capital Riyadh. The university was founded by King Saud in 1957 as Riyadh University....
in Riyadh

Riyadh

Riyadh is the Capital of Saudi Arabia and its largest city. It is also the capital of Riyadh Province, and belongs to the historical regions of Nejd and Al-Yamama....
criticised government support of peace with Israel

Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
. In retaliation, Salman fired Sheik Hamdan al-Hamdan, the leader of Friday prayers at the university's mosque.

Prince Salman airbrushes away unfavorable news about Saudi Arabia that may come into the country via the foreign news media, but, through his ownership of Ash-Sharq al-Awsat, a London newspaper for the Arab community, he is working to keep the Saudi image "spic and span". He touched up a photo of a reception with people held their hands in the air, but an airbrush had wiped out the wineglasses they were holding.

The loss of his two oldest sons, Fahd

Fahd bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

Prince Fahd bin Salman bin Abdulaziz was a member of the Saudi Arabia House of Saud, the son of the Governor of Riyadh Province, Salman bin Abdulaziz....
and Ahmed

Ahmed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

Prince Ahmed bin Salman was a member of the House of Saud of Saudi Arabia and a Mass media executive who also was a major figure in international Thoroughbred horse race....
, within a short period appears to have strengthened his personal conservatism and media reports of political and personal discord between Salman and Prince Nayef

Nayef bin Abdul Aziz

*Saud bin Nayef*Mohammed bin Nayef*Nawaf bin Nayef*Fahad bin NayefH R H Prince Naif bin Abdul Aziz is one of the six surviving members of the Sudairi Seven, all sons of King Ibn Saud and Hassa bint Ahmad Al Sudairi....
, may have hindered the Saudi Interior Minister's attempts to have been named Second Deputy Prime Minister on fellow Sudairi's, King Fahd's, death in August of 2005. Salman is conventionally regarded as sixth in Saudi Arabia's line of succession

Line of succession to the Saudi Arabian Throne

The order of succession to the throne of Saudi Arabia is determined by, and within, the House of Saud. It follows very closely agnatic seniority, but a prince may be surpassed, or another elevated....
and considered, both in the Kingdom and externally, as among the better candidates, though serious health concerns may have dampened his desire for higher office.

His son Prince Sultan was an astronaut

Astronaut

An astronaut or cosmonaut is a person trained by a List of human spaceflight programs to command, pilot, or serve as a crew member of a spacecraft....
on board the United States

United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
space shuttle

Space Shuttle

NASA's Space Shuttle, officially called the Space Transportation System , is the spacecraft currently used by the United States government for its human spaceflight missions....
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Philanthropy

Salman was also a founder of the Saudi High Commission for Aid to Bosnia

Saudi High Commission for Aid to Bosnia

The Saudi High Commission for Aid to Bosnia was a charity organization founded in 1993 by Prince Salman bin Abdul Aziz and supported by King Fahd....
, a controversial Islamic charity

Charitable organization

The definition of charitable organization, and of charity, varies according to the country and in some instances the region of the country in which the charitable organization operates....
organization raided by NATO forces in October 2002 on suspicions of connections to terrorist financing

Terrorist Financing

Terrorist financing came into limelight after the events of terrorism on 9/11. The US passed the USA PATRIOT Act, among other reasons, to ensure that both combating the financing of terrorism and anti-money laundering was given adequate focus by US financial institutions....
. Among the items found at the Commission's premises were before-and-after photographs of the World Trade Center

World trade center

The World Trade Centers Association founded in 1970, is a not-for-profit, non-political association dedicated to the establishment and effective operation of World Trade Centers as instruments for trade expansion representing 316 members in 91 countries....
, of the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, and the USS Cole

USS Cole (DDG-67)

The second USS Cole is an Arleigh Burke class destroyer Aegis combat system-equipped guided missile destroyer homeported in Naval Station Norfolk....
; maps of government buildings in Washington; materials for forging U.S. State Department

United States Department of State

The United States Department of State, often referred to as the State Department, is the United States Cabinet-level foreign affairs agency of the United States Federal government of the United States, similar to foreign ministries, foreign offices, ministries of external relations, etc....
badges; files on the use of crop duster aircraft

Agricultural aircraft

An agricultural aircraft is an aircraft that has been built or converted for agricultural use - usually aerial application of pesticides or fertiliser ; in these roles they are referred to as "crop dusters" or "top dressers"....
; and anti-Semitic

Anti-Semitism

Antisemitism is prejudice against or hostility towards Jews.This prejudice or hostility is usually characterized by a combination of Religion, Race , cultural and ethnic group biases....
and anti-American

Anti-Americanism

Anti-Americanism, often anti-American sentiment, is a controversial term used to describe opposition or hostility to the people, culture or policies of the United States....
material geared toward children.

In November 2002, Prince Salman said that Saudi Arabia, as a country, could not be held responsible if "some change the work of charity into ". He stated that he had personally taken part in the activities of those organizations, "and I know the assistance goes to doing good. But if there are those who change some work of charity into evil activities, then it is not the kingdom's responsibility, nor it people, which helps its Arab and Muslim brothers around the world." The prince added that if beneficiaries had used assistance "for evil acts, that is not our responsibility at all".

Legal counsel

Prince Salman's legal counsel is William Jeffress Jr, of Houston-based Baker Botts LLP

Baker Botts

Baker Botts L.L.P. is a major United States-based international law firm of around 800 attorneys, with a long, prominent history, significant political connections, and a long list of corporate clients....